77.012-091211

t h e o f f i c i a l s t u d e n t n e w s p a p e r o f t h e u n i v e r s i t y o f h o u s t o n s i n c e 1 9 3 4t h e o f f i c i a l s t u d e n t n e w s p a p e r o f t h e u n i v e r s i t y o f h o u s t o n s i n c e 1 9 3 4

More in store at Moores this yearCougars awaken in second half, crush Mean Green

thedailycougar.com

HI 100LO 72

MondaySeptember 12, 2011

Issue 12, Volume 77

GET SOME DAILY

THE DAILY COUGAR®®

The terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2011, claimed nearly 3,000 lives and changed America in ways that still have yet to be understood. In the 10 years since, citizens honor the lives lost. | Wikimedia Commons

SPECIAL SERIES: 10 YEARS SINCE SEPT. 11, 2001

Citizens join together to reflect on those who died, thank those who helped recovery efforts 10 years ago

Michelle CasasTHE DAILY COUGAR

H oustonians gathered Friday evening at Discovery Green Park to remember the events of 9/11 in

honor of the tragedy’s 10th anniversary.

The program, presented by Dignity Memorial, featured com-memorations by local faith leaders as well as the Houston Grand Opera, and closed with the city’s premiere of the documentary “REBIRTH.”

Various emergency responders were recog-nized, including the Houston Police and Fire Departments.

Houston Police Chief Charles Mclelland said that while the terrorists may have altered our country’s thought process concerning our security, they “failed miserably” at changing the way we live and the freedoms we enjoy.

“They united Americans in a way that only Americans can unite,” he said. “Because of the

heroes that wear uniforms, foreign and domestic, they will never win and conquer our spirit and our resolve.”

Houston Fire Depart-ment Chief Terry Garri-son expressed his pride in the HFD, the third largest fi re department in the nation.

“The Houston Fire Department is the greatest fi re department in the country,” he said. “I am so proud to represent them.”

Garrison said that the responders on planes, at the World Trade Center and at the Pentagon that morning all showed incredible bravery.

“They went in without hesitation, even though there was a great amount of risk,” he said.

Houston resi-dents attending the memorial event came to show their support for different reasons.

Cory Meals, a graduate assistant with the band program at UH, attended the event with his wife to support a friend’s vocal talent as he performed “Pieces of 9/11 – Memories from Houston” with the Houston Grand Opera.

“The treatments musically that have come out of this 10th anniversary are incredibly different from what happened on the fi rst anniversary,” said Meals.

The musical arrangement, written by Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer, was created to honor and pay trib-ute to all victims and responders, and includes pieces of interviews with Houstonians who were affected by the events.

Meals compares the HGO piece to “On the Transmigration of Souls” by John Adams, written to honor the fi rst anniversary of 9/11, which he said was designed as both a coping mechanism and a plea for peace.

“I was in 3rd grade, and my teacher actually put it on TV. We saw everything as it was happening, like when the second plane hit…we had no idea what was going on, why the planes were hitting it, if it was an accident. We just couldn’t believe it. No one knew how to react. We didn’t know what that meant.”

Vanessa Alejandro

“I was in 5th grade, I think. 5th grade math class, and my teacher turned on the TV, that’s how I saw it. As a 5th grader, I didn’t realize that it was actually happening to people. It didn’t really register that people were dying right in front of my eyes. It was really weird getting home, and I remember laughing that people were jumping out of buildings, and then my mom get-ting super mad at me, because again... That was when I realized ‘oh my god, I’m watching death right now.’”

Joseph Okoh

“I was 12 (and) in 7th grade... the teacher turned on the television and showed us the news... I won-dered if this was something horrible that happened a long time ago or in some other country, until Ms. Pearson explained to us that it just happened that morning in New York... There were several horrifi c clips being played over and over again of the towers falling and people jumping to their deaths... Several days later, the song ‘Hero’ by Enrique Iglesias aired on the radio with news clips from the attack edited into it. When I heard it, I fi nally cried because the gravity of the event hit me.”

Lindsey Slavin

“I was in 4th grade and in English class. At fi rst we weren’t told directly, but students started leaving, and then teachers fi nally told us that there was an attack in New York. At the time I wasn’t really scared, but confused... It changed everything, and not really for the good. It changed airport security and people’s views on others, especially Muslims. People started categorizing all of them as extremists.”

Albert Mendez

REMEMBERS continues on page 3

COUGARSCOUGARSREMEMBERREMEMBER

Oral representatŠ ns cannot be relied upon as correctly stating representatŠ ns of the seller. For correct representatŠ ns, reference should be made to the Purchase Agreement, the Condominium InformatŠ n Statement and documents required by Code SectŠ n 82.153 of the Texas Uniform Condominium Act to be furnished by the seller to a buyer.

STOP BY AND SEE OUR NEWLY OPENED NATURE’S MARKET

“ I LIVE AT MOSAIC

AND I LOVE IT”

LIVE HERE LOUNGE open daÕ y5925 Almeda Rd., Suite DHouston, TX 77004713.533.9400

Campus is minutes away, there’s a world-class gym downstairs, and the pool deck reads like a five-star hotel. It’s my home base for everything.

DISCOVER YOUR MOSAIC TODAYVisit the Live Here Lounge or go to mosaichouston.com1 BR From the $160s2 BR From the $270s

1 BR Lease from $1600/mo2 BR Lease from $2400/mo

©20

11 T

wen

tieth

Cen

tury

Fox

.

Missed a print edition?

THE DAILY COUGAR.COM/print-edition

Browse recent publications in our virtual newsstand.

2 ■ Monday, September 12, 2011 NEWS The Daily Cougar

ABOUT THE COUGARThe Daily Cougar is published

Monday through Thursday during

the fall and spring semesters, and

Wednesdays during the summer,

at the University of Houston

Printing Plant and online at

http://thedailycougar.com. The

University seeks to provide equal

educational opportunities without

regard to race, color, religion,

national origin, sex, age, disability

or veteran status, or sexual

orientation. The Daily Cougar

is supported in part by Student

Service Fees. the fi rst copy of the

Cougar is free; each additional

copy is 25 cents.

SUBSCRIPTIONSRates are $70 per year or $40

per semester. Mail subscription

requests to: Mail Subscriptions, The

Daily Cougar, University of Houston,

Houston, TX, 77204-4015.

NEWS TIPSSend news tips and story ideas

to the News Desk. Call (713)

743-5314, e-mail news@

thedailycougar.com or fax (713)

743-5384. A “Submit news item”

form is also available online at

thedailycougar.com.

COPYRIGHTNo part of the newspaper in print

or online may be reproduced

without the written consent

of the director of the Student

Publications Department.

Newsroom(713) 743-5360Editor in ChiefJack Wehman

(713) 743-5362

[email protected]

Managing EditorJohn Brannen

(713) 743-5360

[email protected]

Chief Copy EditorNatasha Faircloth

[email protected]

News EditorsJulian Jimenez

Taylor McGilvray

(713) 743-5314

[email protected]

Sports EditorJosh Siegel

(713) [email protected]

Life & Arts EditorMary Baak(713) 743-5302

[email protected]

Opinion EditorDaniel [email protected]

Photo/Video EditorBrianna Leigh Morrison(713) 743-5361

[email protected]

Web EditorParmesh [email protected]

Advertising(713) [email protected]■ Student Ad ManagerVictoria Gbenoba(713) [email protected]

■ Classifi eds(713) 743-5356classifi [email protected]

Business Offi ce(713) 743-5350■ Fax (713) 743-5384■ Mailing addressRoom 7, UC SatelliteStudent PublicationsUniversity of HoustonHouston, TX 77204-4015

Issue Staff■ Copy editingBryan Turner

■ Production Nine Nguyen

■ Closing editorJack Wehman

CONTACT US

THE DAILY COUGAR IS A MEMBER OF

THE ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS.

CAMPUS

Anonymous web tipline helps keep campus safeJoshua MannTHE DAILY COUGAR

Administration has been getting a little help in addressing student’s concerns about issues on campus from an online reporting tool.

MySafeCampus, owned by Business Controls Inc., provides students from all over the country with a safe and anonymous way to report crimes and concerns to University staff.

UH has been using this service since January 2005 and the team that handles them usually receive reports about human resources; management and employment issues; discrimination assertions; fraud and abuse; statue and policy non-compliance; and health and safety issues.

“A response acknowledging receipt of the report is provided to the person who submitted the report,” Guyton said.

“The internal auditor and the General Counsel confer on whether an investigation is warranted and determine who or what should be investigated. The internal auditor then communicates with whomever is conducting the offi cial investigation.”

UH typically receives between 40 and 50 reports a year, Vice Presi-dent for Legal Affairs and General Counsel Dona Cornell said in an email, and the reports are handled by a team that includes, but is not limited to, the chief fi nancial offi cer, the internal auditor and the general counsel.

“Every report results in a greater

understanding of issues affecting the campus,” Cornell said. “We estimate that less than 20 percent of the reports fi led result in offi cial disciplinary action.”

The way the team that handles the report does their job is largely up to the institution, said U.B. Cuminieri, a risk consultant for MySafeCampus. Cuminieri also said the data in the reports belongs to the University.

“If they decide to make (the reports) public, that’s on them,” Cuminieri said.

While the police are sometimes involved in investigations, Cornell said the contents of the reports are kept away from the public in order to maintain the integrity of the process.

Students have the option to remain anonymous toward the University and not MySafeCam-pus personnel or to keep their identity completely hidden, but MySafeCampus provides a way for institutions to contact anonymous students for follow-up through the website without breaching the anonymity.

“We built message boards into our system so that school offi cials could potentially communicate with (students) and still maintain that anonymity,” Cuminieri said.

University staff often use the message boards for follow-up ques-tions on reports, Ciminieri said.

Students who would like to learn more about the service or would like to make a report can do so at Mysafecampus.com.

[email protected]

Point. Click. Promote your event.Use the Campus Calendar at thedailycougar.com

www.las.uh.edu

TUTORINGCOURSES

AccountingBiologyChemistryComputer ScienceEconomicsEngineering

EnglishForeign LanguageFinanceMathematics PhysicsStatistics

SCHEDULES FOR SPECIFIC COURSE TUTORING HOURS ARE AVAILABLE AT

WWW.LAS.UH.EDU/LSS

HOURSFall/Spring

Monday - ThursdayFriday

Saturday - Sunday

9 am – 8 pm9 am – 3 pm1 pm – 4 pm

SummerMonday - Tuesday

Wednesday- ThursdayFriday

10 am – 7 pm10 am – 6 pm10 am – 3 pm

Workshops:Time Management Test Anxiety

Over ProcrastinationAnd many more...

Counseling:Individual assessments and individual

instructions in learning strategies

www.survey.uh.eduStudent Satisfaction Survey

NSSE (National Survey of Student Engagement) for selected Freshmen and Seniors

www.eval.uh.eduComplete Course Evaluation online for selected courses.

WE HAVE MOVED! ROOM N 109 COUGAR VILLAGE

LEARNING STRATEGIES

“This is an important occasion, an important anniversary; some-thing that is important, that it’s remembered and celebrated, as we do by creating works to honor its memory,” said Meals.

Among the crowd were other Houston residents with a different perspective on the 10th anniver-sary memorial.

Colleen Kimball and her 12-year-old daughter, Eva Sch-neller, were living in New York City the day the towers were hit.

Kimball, who worked about ten blocks from the towers, said she wanted to attend the memorial with her daughter because she liked the idea of something posi-tive, such as the rebuilding of the WTC site on “REBIRTH.”

“REBIRTH,” a documentary by Project Rebirth, tracks five differ-ent Americans directly affected by the tragedy from early 2002 through 2009. The film features a time-lapse photography sequence of Ground Zero being rebuilt.

Every year during this time Kimball said she remembers how it felt to be in the midst of the chaos.

“I picture all of it and I just see that plane sticking out of the building,” she said.

“I went through a really rough time, because you really weren’t sure if the whole island was going to blow up at any moment.”

Eva, then 2 years old, should have been in the WTC day care, but had switched to a new facility after her father had been laid off two weeks prior.

“Her first day at her new day care was Sept. 11, so it was really weird,” said Kimball, recalling that the children in the WTC day care were evacuated in time.

Although Eva does not remem-ber much, Kimball recalls Eva having nightmares about planes and fires. She said she eventually realized it was probably from repeated exposure to the images after keeping the news on most of the following days.

As many Americans recall of that tragic Tuesday morning, Kim-ball said that everyone around her united under the circumstances.

“The terror they wanted to create was there,” she said. “But, everybody… without saying, kind of decided to stick around.”

[email protected]

REMEMBERScontinued from page 1

The Daily Cougar NEWS Monday, September 12, 2011 ■ 3

Travis AlfordTHE DAILY COUGAR

The founder of the FBI’s Art Crime Team explained how he recovered more than $300 million worth of stolen art and cultural property to 800 Houstonians Thursday at the UH Cullen Perfor-mance Hall.

The event, which was co-sponsored by the UH Law Center, was focused on Robert K. Witt-man’s career tracking down art thieves and promoting his New York Times best-selling book “Priceless.”

“Art generates $200 billion a year in the world-wide market and $80 billion in the US,” Witt-man said.

“Our wine industry here gen-erates $50 billion and all US pro sports combined only generate $24 billion.”

With the numbers backing him up, Wittman’s idea to start the FBI’s rapid deployment Art Crime Team took off.

His 20-year career with the FBI led him to recover stolen cultural property, including one of the original 14 copies of the Bill of Rights, which was stolen by a Union soldier in 1865 and is valued at $30 million.

“When a document like that is stolen, it has no value because it’s a theft from cultural history. For the first time five African Ameri-can color bearers were able to fight for their freedom and were killed carrying that flag,” Wittman said.

“No price tag would give its true worth in the context of our

Robert K. Witman founded the FBI’s Art Crime team in 2005 and has since earned national awards from both Peru and Spain. | Nine Nguyen/The Daily Cougar

Speaker describes his experiences tracking valuable lost artwork

LAW CENTER

Audience fi nds speech by FBI detective priceless

ART continues on page 10

Hey,what’s happening?

Check the Campus Calendar at thedailycougar.com

4 ■ Monday, September 12, 2011 The Daily Cougar

STAFF EDITORIAL

I t is hard to believe that is has already been ten years since our nation was brought to its knees on 9/11. Many of

us were in elementary and middle school at the time and were hardly able to com-prehend the magnitude of the events that day. We understood that America had been attacked and that many people had died, but that was it.

But without understanding all of the details of the attacks, many of us felt that our nation had changed forever. We saw this change in the faces of our parents and teachers, and we heard it in the trembling voices of the normally stoic hosts of news programs as they tried to make sense of the tragedy they were reporting on.

Many of the students who were sitting in elementary and middle school classrooms with us on 9/11 are now fi ghting and dying for us in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. No one on that day could have predicted that those events would lead to some of the longest-lasting wars in the history of our nation, or the amount of hate it would create around the world.

For the last ten years, Ground Zero has been an open wound for many Americans. It served as a reminder of the lives that were lost and families that were forever changed by the events of that day.

However, with today’s opening of the 9/11 Memorial, it feels as if part of the healing process is nearing completion. The bleeding hole that once was Ground Zero has become scar tissue.

There is order restored again; what once was chaotic is now reverent. There are nearly 3,000 names inscribed on the plaques of the 9/11 Memorial at the World Trade Center. While this is in no way an acceptable substitute for the people themselves, perhaps it offers the families and loved ones of the fallen some measure of comfort.

A lot of healing has occurred in the last ten years. Let us hope that this healing trend continues, and that our nation never forgets that 9/11 occurred because of the hatred in the hearts of our attackers. We should make sure, as a nation, that we never let such hatre take root in our own hearts.

US is finally healing a decade after 9/11

STAFF EDITORIAL The Staff Editorial refl ects the opinions of The Daily Cougar Editorial Board (the members of which are listed above the editorial). All other opinions, commentaries and cartoons refl ect only the opinion of the author. Opinions expressed in The Daily Cougar do not necessarily refl ect those of the University of Houston or the students as a whole.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Daily Cougar welcomes letters to the editor from any member of the UH community. Letters should be no more than 250 words and signed, including the author’s full name, phone number or e-mail address and affi liation with the University, including classifi cation and major. Anonymous letters will not be published. Deliver letters to Room 7, University Center Satellite; e-mail them to [email protected]; send them via campus mail to STP 4015; or fax them to (713) 743-5384. Letters are subject to editing.

ADVERTISEMENTS Advertisements published in The Daily Cougar do not necessarily refl ect the views and opinions of the University or the students as a whole.

GUEST COMMENTARY Submissions are accepted from any member of the UH community and must be signed with the author’s name, phone number or e-mail address and affi liation with the University, including classifi cation and major. Commentary should be kept to less than 500 words. Guest commentaries should not be written as replies to material already printed in the Cougar, but rather should present independent points of view. Rebuttals should be sent as letters. Deliver submissions to Room 7, University Center Satellite; e-mail them to [email protected]; or fax them to (713) 743-5384. All submissions are subject to editing.

E D I TO R I A L P O L I C I E S

EDITOR Daniel RenfrowE-MAIL [email protected] thedailycougar.com/opinionOPINION

THE DAILY COUGARE D I T O R I A L B O A R D

EDITOR IN CHIEF Jack WehmanMANAGING EDITOR John BrannenNEWS EDITORS Taylor McGilvray, Julian JimenezSPORTS EDITOR Joshua SiegelLIFE & ARTS EDITOR Mary BaakOPINION EDITOR Daniel RenfrowCHIEF COPY EDITOR Natasha Faircloth

T he world will never be the same. You all know what I’m writing about today. It wasn’t supposed to be like

this. I had a brilliant article ready for your own reading pleasure, but that article was written about a different world, a different time.

I had just awakened and turned on the television just as the second World Trade Tower collapsed. Even now, the number of innocent Americans who lost their

lives can not even be conceived, let alone estimated.

Ladies and gentlemen, Sept. 11, 2001, will represent a boundary between two eras of American life: the way it was, and the way it is now. It’s not just that the New York skyline has been altered forever, or that the Pentagon only has four sides. It’s not even the many thousands of people who were killed or injured on this, the darkest day in the United States since Pearl Harbor. This is about all of us, as Americans, com-ing together in the face of overwhelming tragedy.

Terrorists thrive on just that: terror, fear and disorder. Whatever organizations are behind this had but one goal in these ter-rible acts: to show the rest of the world that the United States is vulnerable and can be hurt. They’ve done that. Now is our chance to rise and show them that the United States can recover, heal and triumph over adversity.

The point is this and nothing more, friends. The time is now for us to put all of our petty differences behind us and unite as one force to stand defi antly in the face of terrorism. This is not the fi rst terrorist attack on our country, nor will it likely be the last. However, an act as terrible as this is perfect for all of us to show that Americans do not fear terror, and that terrorism is not the way to bend the United States to your will.

Additionally, it must not just be the United States: the time has come for the entire world, including Israel, Palestine, Iran, Libya and every other rogue state, to dismiss and eliminate terrorism. Recent confl icts in the Middle East have proven that terrorism is not an acceptable method of improving foreign relations.

So what do we do now? This is the ques-tion on almost every American’s mind. First, of course, we must mourn the loss to our nation. This will not be an easy loss to bear, but together, we Americans can. We will.

Second, we rebuild. That’s right. We must immediately repair the Pentagon, and rebuild the World Trade Center. In fact, we should make those twin towers taller and more beautiful that before. It’s absolutely necessary that we prove to the world that you can hit us, you can hurt us, but you can-not destroy us. We will recover.

Third, we fi nd those who were respon-sible for this heinous act and destroy them with all our might. Thus far, our noble Presi-dent Bush is taking impressive measures, promising that whoever committed this act will be brought to justice. If a rogue nation is found to be responsible, immediate retalia-tory action must be taken.

Obviously, this should be a moment of great sadness for all of us. But times like these demonstrate how Americans can come together and unite against the dark-ness. In the next few days, each of us will witness America in her fi nest hour.

Matthew E.Caster

TDC ARCHIVE: Sept. 12, 2001

Yesterday’s events changed America

Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

OEF/OIF Veterans, reservists, and active duty service members are invited to participate in a research study.

Participants will be interviewed, asked to fill out several questionnaires and take a few computer-based tests. Some participants will be invited to undergo MRI scan of their brain.

If interested, please contact

Bill Grieshaber at (832)316-6336, (713)794-7493, or 1-866-838-2778.

Participants will be reimbursed for their time and effort.

The Daily Cougar OPINION Monday, September 12, 2011 ■ 5

I t is truly unbelievable. In the worst act of terrorism on

American soil, untold thousands

have died, and the nation has been

shaken to its core.

The three hijacked airplanes that crashed into the two towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday morning truly made it a day that will live in infamy.

Reactions have ranged from sorrow and shock to rage at the unknown perpetrators respon-sible for this despicable act.

The uncertainty of not know-ing who has done it or whether there will be more attacks has been nerve-wracking.

However, it is wrong to jump to conclusions about who is to blame for these attacks. Many people immediately assumed it was carried out by Osama bin Laden, who is known as an extremist Muslim terrorist leader. But there is no hard proof.

These assumptions have led to harassment of many Muslims, even here at UH, where we are usually so proud of our diversity.

All day Tuesday, students wearing traditional Muslim clothing or appearing to be of Muslim descent were taunted and harassed by other students. Some even had to be escorted off campus by UH police officers because they were so afraid for their safety.

This is a travesty. These same assumptions were made in April 1995 when the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was blown up, and the terrorist turned out to be an American citizen.

Even more disturbing, these same reactions came during World War II, when Japanese-Americans were condemned to internment camps for the sins of others.

Just because a person happens to belong to an ethnic or religious group doesn’t mean he or she can be blamed for the actions of the most extreme member of that group.

This is not a time to jump to conclusions and blame innocent people. This is a time to come together and mourn the nation’s losses.

It is a time for us to assess what has happened and deter-mine as a nation how to punish the people who are responsible for the heinous crimes.

As we pick up the pieces and continue on with life, remember the values upon which our society is based. Be proud of the heroes who risked and lost their lives helping others in the col-lapsed buildings.

Respect the law enforcement officials and other government agents who will be putting in millions of hours in this investi-gation. Stand behind our military as it prepares to avenge the act of terrorism.

But whatever you do, don’t lower yourself to the level of the vile criminal who committed this act by taking out your anger on innocent people.

As the smoke clears

STAFF EDITORIALSept. 12, 200001

F or several seconds after the fi rst question had been asked, all he could do was

sit silently in thought. This is the same reaction I receive from most people when I ask them where they were on 9/11. The man in front of me was Lieutenant Colonel Lopez

of the Houston Battalion Army ROTC unit here at the University of Houston, a 28-year veteran of the United States Army.

It was telling how alike his reac-

tion was to those of other people I’ve asked. A blank emptiness that refused to offer an answer to the events that occurred ten years ago but live on so vividly in my mind — a 4th grade classroom fi lled with classmates, the hollow expression on the two teachers by the door as they exchanged information.

As he regained the composure to speak, Lopez began to recall that fateful Tuesday morning as well.

“We had just fi nished our morn-ing PT,” he said, his eyes fl ickering for thought as the memories rushed back. He told me how he had been watching Good Morning America, which is fi lmed in New York City. The fi rst plane had already hit the North Tower but it was speculated that it was just a low-fl ying plane. However, after the second plane crashed, Lopez knew someone had just attacked the US.

As host Charlie Gibson franti-cally asked his crew to play that moment back, to verify what they had seen was indeed true, familiar emotions set in. First: bewilder-ment. A long time veteran of the US Army, Lopez knew that there

was always a chance for someone to attempt an attack on the US. But while many other Americans huddled around TVs, dumbstruck and speechless, Lopez wondered not why, but how. How, despite all the best efforts of the American intelligence community, could anyone hijack, not one, but four planes, and use them as a weapon to bring America to her knees? How could this have happened to America?

Then numbness finally set in. As he continued, his recollections came out in sporadic bursts, a flash of memory of that terrible day followed by silence. For the next hour or so, he simply sat there, watching the TV just like so many of us had.

I remember my father, an immigrant to this country from the Killing Fields of Cambodia, sitting with tightly drawn lips as the news rolled in.

Lopez continued, wearing the same expression that my father wore when he had watched the news that day.

It has been ten years to the day since that underhanded, cowardly strike on our fellow Americans. A memorial in New York City has been constructed honoring those lost in the attacks. We’ve seen the slow, but absolute and systematic dismantling of al-Qaida’s chain of command. Earlier this year, Navy SEAL Team 6 successfully pro-vided closure to one of the darkest chapters in American history with the overdue death of the 9/11 mastermind, Osama bin Laden.

“Our intelligence networks have gotten better, as evidenced by the mission to take out Osama bin Laden,” Lopez stated with firm satisfaction. That moment

Remembering the dayIt has been ten years since the attacks, but that day has not been forgotten

JamesWang

did well to honor the memory of those who have given their lives so far and helped to redeem us as a nation.

We as Americans fought, and still do fight, the great struggle against oppression and against those who seek to destroy the things we cherish most — to cripple our sense of freedom. We strive to bring freedom to people who never have had a chance to know what freedom was ever like.

9/11 was, and forever will be, a day of solemn memorial to those who died in the ashes of the World

Trade Centers, in the walls of the Pentagon, in that Pennsylvania field and overseas in the Middle East, fighting to keep the fight from spilling back over to Ameri-can soil. And to the families who mourned Sunday the loss of their loved ones: “Know that we have wasted no effort to honor those lost on 9/11.”

And know that we as a nation will never forget.

James Wang is a history freshman and may be reached at [email protected].

6 ■ Monday, September 12, 2011 SPORTS The Daily Cougar

Last week, the Cougars got off to a hot start. This week, they started slow. The kinks are still being worked out.

Maybe it’s a good thing that this year’s out-of-conference schedule is missing an Oklahoma State, Texas Tech or Mississippi State.

This is not a knock against North Texas. They threw their best punch and kept up with the Cougars (2-0) in the first half. But playing lesser opponents early allows the

Cougars opportunities to make mistakes here and there without costing them the game.

While he seems to have shaken off the rust on the field, senior quarterback Case Keenum said there is still work to be done in his game preparation.

“I didn’t come in with quite the mindset,” Keenum said. “That obviously showed in the first half. I just settled down and needed to focus. It’s been a while. I need to get used to getting ready for games. As we go along, I’m going to get better at that and I think our team’s going to get better, too.”

Case and the offense are nothing to worry about. They are going to be fine — great, even.

The Cougars’ defense was the unit that caused concern coming into Saturday’s 48-

23 win over UNT. And granted, the Mean Green (0-2) are

not the Oklahoma Sooners, but the UH defense was impressive, especially in the second half.

Senior cornerback D.J. Hayden ended the Mean Green’s opening drive by picking off UNT quarterback Derek Thompson. UH picked up a fumble towards the end of the first quarter.

Despite creating turnovers, the Cougars didn’t shine until the second half.

“I think in the first half we had a lot of mistakes,” senior defensive lineman David Hunter said. “I think in the second half, everybody just got it going and we said to ourselves we have to make more plays. And that’s what we did.”

The Mean Green were 0-5 on third down conversions in the second half and only gained 107 total yards.

More impressive, the Cougars held the Mean Green to just 46 rushing yards in the second half. The defense against the run was a major problem last season, and that didn’t change much against UCLA when they gave up 232 yards on the ground.

“I think we did a better job this week at stopping the run,” Hunter said. “Their

SIDELINE REPORT

SEPT. 3vs. UCLAW 38-34

SEPT. 10at. North Texas *

W 48-23

SEPT. 17at La. Tech Ruston, La.

6 p.m.

SEPT. 24vs. Georgia

State 7 p.m.

SEPT. 29at UTEP*

El Paso, TX.7 p.m.

OCT. 8vs ECU *6 p.m.

OCT. 22vs Marshall *

3:30 p.m.

OCT. 27vs Rice *.

7 p.m.

NOV. 5at UAB *

Birmingham, Ala.

7 p.m.

NOV. 10at Tulane *

New Orleans, La..

7 p.m.

NOV. 19vs. Tulsa *

7 p.m.

Senior running back Michael Hayes netted his second multi-touchdown game of the season during the Cougars’ 48-23 win over UNT. UH ran and threw all over the new turf at Apogee Stadium, accumulating 690 total yards on off ense. | Joshua Siegel/The Daily Cougar

Scoring summaryFirst quarterUNT — McNulty, 10 yd run from Smith (Olen kick), 9:07

Hou — Hogan, 25 yd fi eld goal, 6:11

Hou — Sweeney, 6 yd pass from Keenum (Hogan kick) 2:49

Hou — Hayes, 1 yd run (Hogan kick) 00:18

Second quarterUNT — Power, 5 yd catch from Thompson (Olen kick), 8:19

UNT — Olen, 39 yd fi eld goal, 1:51

Hou - Hogan, 27 yd fi eld goal, 00:33

Third quarterHou — Johnson, 32 yd pass from Keenum (Hogan kick), 12:13

Hou — Johnson, 17 yd pass from Keenum (Hogan kick) 8:05

Hou — Edwards, 46 yd pass from Keenum (Hogan kick) 3:17

Fourth quarterHou — Hayes, 21 yd pass from Keenum (Hogan kick), 13:42

UNT — Dunbar, 5yd run, 11:59

1 2 3 4 OT FINALNorth Texas 7 7 21 7 X 23

Houston 17 3 21 7 X 48

UH arrives in second half

This was one of

the fi rst times we

had to grind out,

get some drives going and make some plays. We

learned from it. We can get better, and we have

to keep getting better. “ — Case Keenum, quarterback

SAY WHAT?

STAND OUTS

GAME OF THE WEEK

This week in college football, by John Brannen

STAT ATTACK

14,354 yardsWith 458 passing yards Keenum pushed his all-time career total past Hawaii’s Colt Brennan (2005-2007) who had 14,193. Keenum needs 677 more yards to surpass former BYU quarterback Ty Detmer.

After catching one pass in the fi rst game, senior wide receiver Patrick Edwards, caught eight receptions for a career high of 187 yards. He now has the fourth-most receiving yards, and fi fth-most receiving touch-downs in UH history. He has caught a pass in 36 straight contests.

In his second start junior cornerback D.J. Hayden recorded his fi rst career interception as a Cougar, while also leading the team with 7.5 tackles, one stop for a loss.

Wolverines rally: Michigan faced a 24-7 defi cit against Notre Dame going into the fourth quarter. Behind the play of junior quar-terback Denard Robinson, Michigan came back with 21 unanswered points to take a 28-24 lead with 1:22 left in the fourth quarter. Notre Dame retook the advtantage with a touchdown pass with 36 seconds to go. Robinson capped the night off with a decisive 16-yard touchdown with eight seconds left to give the Wolverines the win.

Michigan 35Notre Dame 31

JOSHUA SIEGEL/THE DAILY COUGAR

JoshuaSiegel

GAMEDAYSEPT. 24

vs. Georgia State

7 p.m.

SEPT. 29at UTEP*

El Paso, TX.7 p.m.

OCT. 8vs ECU *6 p.m.

OCT. 22vs Marshall *

3:30 p.m.

OCT. 27vs Rice *.

7 p.m.

NOV. 5at UAB *

Birmingham, Ala.

7 p.m.

NOV. 10at Tulane *

New Orleans, La..

7 p.m.

NOV. 19vs. Tulsa *

7 p.m.

SEPT. 3vs. UCLAW 38-34

SEPT. 10at. North Texas *

W 48-23

FOOTBALL continues on page 7

Sign up for daily e-mail updates: www.thedailycougar.com

CAREER TRAINING. MONEY FOR COLLEGE.

AND AN ENTIRE TEAM TO HELP YOU SUCCEED. Serving part-time in the Air Guard, you’ll have an entire team of like-minded individuals who want to help you get ahead. You can choose from nearly 200 career specialties, and develop the high-tech skills you need to compete in today’s world. You also train close to home, all while receiving a steady paycheck, benefits and tuition assistance. Talk to a recruiter today, and see how the Air Guard can help you succeed.

The Daily Cougar SPORTS Monday, September 12, 2011 ■ 7

Ricardo RiveraTHE DAILY COUGAR

Having lost two of their last three road games, the Cougars entered the UK Invitational on Friday looking to silence their doubters and prove they are not just a home court team.

UH (6-3) finished the weekend winning two out of their three matches at Kentucky, claiming the last contest Saturday against Loyola Marymount in a decisive three sets (25-20, 25-23, 25-20).

“I think we played a fairly well-rounded tournament,” head coach Molly Alvey said.

“We controlled the middle. Our hitting was great. Winning on the road is tough. It’s something we need to all come together for.”

The Cougars opened the tournament Friday against West Virginia, and matched the Moun-taineers at a set apiece through two sets.

Coming out of the break, out-side hitter Ingrida Zauere caught fire quickly, and led the offensive push for UH. The Cougars would race to a 7-0 third set lead on the play of Zauere and senior middle blocker Lucy Charuk.

With three players racking double-digit kills, UH would make

quick work of West Virginia after the dropped set, ultimately wrap-ping up the match in four sets (25-20, 20-25, 25-19, 25-18).

Zauere would finish with a game high of 15 digs and 14 kills.

“Ingrida came up really big that game,” Alvey said. “She’s gotten off to a few slow starts this year, and that’s something we’ve talked about. But I think she did a great job this weekend.”

After coming out strong against the Mountaineers, the Cougar offense could not recover against the Wildcat front line Saturday.

UH battled Kentucky to a 25-25 standstill in the first set led by the play of junior Stephanie Nwa-chukwu, but could not overcome the UK offense who won the set 26-28.

After a gritty effort in the first two sets, UH would drop the match to Kentucky in four (26-28, 25-15, 20-25, 17-25).

“I thought we played pretty decent for such a quick

turnaround Saturday morning,” Alvey said.

“Stephanie played great, hit-ting about .350 percent, but it’s difficult to recover from making errors at the end of sets.”

On short rest, Nwachukwu’s play kept the offense energized against the fresher Wildcat squad.

Nwachukwu would match a career high with 15 kills, eight of them coming in the first set.

After claiming two of out three matches in Kentucky, the Cougars will return home with a 6-3 record Tuesday to face Lamar.

The homecoming will mark UH’s first match at home in nearly two weeks.

The Cardinals enter the matchup on a nine-game losing streak, with their most recent defeats coming against Baylor and UTEP at the MCM Elegante’ Invitational.

First serve is set for 7 p.m. at the Athletics/Alumni Center.

[email protected]

running back is really good and I think we did a better job at stopping the run this week.”

The Cougars will go where their run defense takes them. The offense is a sure thing. Special teams had another stellar performance against UNT with a blocked kick for the second straight week. The run defense is the Cougars’ biggest area of weakness.

UH’s pass defense looked much improved as well. Hayden can play. He is fast, can cover and can

tackle. He sticks with receivers well. He is an asset at cornerback that the Cougars did not have last season. The rest of the unit looked solid as well, holding the Mean Green to 5.1 yards per passing attempt for the game. It probably helped that they didn’t have to cover any ridiculous 6-foot-8-inch tight ends this week.

The season is young. The Cougars are making progress and next week against Louisiana Tech is another opportunity to work out the kinks for a team that has the potential to be a Conference USA champion.

[email protected]

Senior receiver Patrick Edwards was one of 13 diff erent receivers to haul in a pass for the Cougars in Saturday’s 48-23 win over North Texas. | Joshua Siegel/The Daily Cougar

FOOTBALLcontinued from page 6

Freshman setter Caitlin Ogletree recorded three aces against West Virginia on Friday, and had seven digs against Loyola Marymount on Saturday. | Brianna Leigh Morrison/The Daily Cougar

Front line comes up big with play at the net

VOLLEYBALL

UH picks up two wins on the road

SOCCER

Cougars fi re away, bombard Tigers for winJoachim ClarkeTHE DAILY COUGAR

Entering Friday’s match on a five-game losing streak, the Cougars knew that it was time to make a statement.

Even though they had scored only two goals in their previ-ous five outings, the Cougars exploded offensively in a 9-0 rout of Texas Southern University (0-4-0).

Facing a TSU team that had struggled in the early stages of the season more than they had themselves, the Cougars (1-5-0) jumped on them early.

Freshman midfielder Sharis Lachappelle received a through pass from junior forward Katelyn Rhodes in the second minute and beat TSU goalkeeper Marissa Washington on the far post for her first goal of the year.

The onslaught did not stop there, as the Cougars added goals from sophomore midfielder Jasmine Martinez and freshman forward Alexis Weaver in the sixth and ninth minute.

Senior forward Jessica Zavalza scored her team-leading third goal of the season in the 18th minute and junior midfielder Morgan Vela rounded out the scoring in the 30th minute to give the Cougars a 5-0 lead at halftime.

Head coach Susan Bush had the luxury of playing her starters for only 15 minutes each half and was pleased with the team effort.

“It’s like we had a keychain full of keys and finally found the right one,” Bush said. “It’s a monkey off our back just to get a win.”

Holding a strong cushion on the scoreboard, the Cougars failed to let up on the slaughter as Zavalza scored her second goal of the match in the 59th minute.

Sophomore midfielder Kylie Cook was tripped in the box in the 73rd minute and scored on the ensuing penalty kick.

Sophomore forward Kelsey Zamora added her first two goals of the season late in the match as well.

“It’s a confidence booster,” Zamora said. “Coming back from 0-5 and finally getting a win gives us hope.”

Zavalza stressed that every victory is just a victory whether 1-0 or 9-0. The real test of strength lies in the effort the team gives night in and night out.

“It doesn’t matter who we play as long as we come out, stay con-sistent and play 100 percent every single game,” Zavalza said.

Bush said that she was happy with the manner in which her team closed the game in the sec-ond half and thinks that the team will respond well after capitalizing on the majority of their scoring chances.

“Obviously it helps our offensive mentality and builds our confidence,” she said. “We’re looking forward to a competitive game on Wednesday.”

The win makes UH 5-0 all-time against the Tigers, with the Cougars holding the scoring advantage 52-1.

The Cougars travel across town to take on HBU at 7 p.m. Wednes-day at Sorrels Field.

[email protected]

8 ■ Monday, September 12, 2011 The Daily Cougar

HOROSCOPESThe stars have a plan for you this week

Virgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22):There are powerful infl uences in your sign, and

they can be used to your advantage. Communicate your own needs and desires with those around you, both intimately and in your workplace. You will get the attention you require.

Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22):Consider taking a break from being the center

of the social atmosphere and letting a more reserved counterpart steal a little limelight.

Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21):There are some stranger-than-usual goings on

in your sign as of late that are diffi cult to ignore. Consider what needs changing, and then enable a rejuvenation of outdated construction.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21):We’re in for the long haul. Take the time to listen

to a joke or otherwise open up to the lighter side of things. Consider daydreaming and watching the clouds when you feel blocked.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19)Saturn is taking its time perusing the quality of

your relationships, sensual desires and the integ-rity of your intentions in all aspects of partnership. Review how you spend your emotional energy, and to make sure that your efforts are worthwhile for everyone involved.

Aquarius (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18):This is the perfect time to look forward and

dream about the future to come. Use your broad intellect and insight into others and their desires to see what they refl ect in you, and then beam with the radiance of serious understanding of how peace and serenity feel as full-time occupations.

Pisces (Feb. 19 – March 20):You might be stuck in some serious emotional

mire right now, and that’s completely understand-able. While it’s not the best time to go into full hibernation, it would be really worthwhile to take note of what you’re struggling with right now so that you will be able to look back and see what you’ve taken with you that’s valuable.

Aries (March 21 – April 19)Uranus is in your sign, and it will demand over-

hauling some of the more deeply-rooted structures and beliefs in your life. This is a time of testing, of reconsideration, and you will come out at the other end with a stronger foundation to work from.

Taurus (April 20 – May 20):You’ve got Sagittarius’ ruling planet in your sign

to carry along with you where you’re headed. Do your fellow-four-legged-friend a favor, and try to encourage those star-eyed centaurs to see your strength and steady-headedness as the positive attributes you know them to be.

Gemini (May 21 – June 21):Right now is absolutely one of the moments

when you should share the Mercurial infl uence; inspire someone to speak with wit and bravado, like we know you to do so well.

Cancer (June 22 – July 22):You have the funny feeling of wanting to fi ght

something, to conquer and to be a hero of epic proportion, but you don’t know what the adversary is. Consider this an opportunity to speak up for what you believe in, especially if you normally would keep your feelings to yourself.

Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22):You might need some sweet loving at the

moment, Leo. This would be a great time to ask for a back scratch or to treat yourself to a visit to the salon to keep up the ‘do. After all, we depend on you to look good on Mondays so that there’s something to look forward to at the beginning of the week.

Compiled by Sarah Nielsen

EDITOR Mary BaakE-MAIL [email protected] thedailycougar.com/arts

The Bro-DogThe perfect compliment to any tailgating event, or sitting at home watching the game is the Bro-Dog: A beer-braised

bratwurst with caramelized onions, roasted bell peppers and Fresno chilies.

RECIPE O’ THE WEEK

ASTROLOGY

FINE ARTS

Moores gives audience a taste of what’s to come

Sarah NielsenTHE DAILY COUGAR

Astrologers attribute critical moments of struggle and upheaval in human history to certain rare planetary movements. In the years 2011 and 2012, we are undergoing a few of these critical infl uences between slow-moving planets.

To get beyond astrological jargon of squares and t-squares and conjunctions, we can say this: major sky players are creating rare and consequential angles to one another right now. For instance, in July, Pluto came into square with Uranus. Pluto is affi liated with destruction and Uranus is commonly associated with unfore-seeable upheaval.

These two are at a near-90 degree angle and will remain in this stressful relationship into the next decade. Uranus will soon balance precisely opposite Saturn, who will then have a 90-degree angle with Pluto as well. These are three major players in astronomy and astrology, and their infl uences are being felt around the world.

The universe is experiencing what astrologers consider a histori-cal mark of generational upheaval. Saturn, Pluto and Uranus are rep-resentative of burden, destruction and rebellion.

Saturn has long been viewed as a harsh master, always the scrooge. Pluto is eerily akin to the Hindu goddess Kali, who burns the structures that are unjust, and then creates the world in a new vision. Uranus is always affi liated with

Bryan Dupont-GrayTHE DAILY COUGAR

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines “collage” as “a creative work that resembles such a composition in incor-porating various materials or elements,” which is surprisingly accurate for Collage 2011, the annual preview concert of what is to come this season at Moores School of Music.

It is also a showcase of the wide range of talent in both solo and ensemble acts — musical styles from jazz to opera took the stage Thursday at the Moores Opera House to begin the semester.

With Buck Ross serving as producer and David Ashley White as director, the show was performed without any rehearsal beforehand — a critical aspect of the show that made the event even more enjoyable.

There were various performances throughout the night, but the audience reception towards these performances deemed some more memorable than others.

Perhaps the two most hyped pieces of the night were Concert Chorale’s moving rendition of U2’s “MLK” and the Queen Medley performed by the Moores School Symphony Orchestra.

While “MLK” was a memoriam piece written to Martin Luther King from U2 lead singer Bono, the Chorale’s perfor-mance was a tribute to those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001.

The performance itself was endearing and Aaron Casey performed a brilliant solo, but the Chorale’s added harmony served as the icing on the cake.

The Symphony Orchestra performed four of Queen’s best hits in medley: “We Will Rock You,” “Keep Yourself Alive,” “We Are the Champions,” and “You’re My Best Friend.”

While the orchestra struck their strings, blew their flutes and horns away at the works of one of the greatest rock bands in history, conductor Franz Anton Krager faced the audience during several well-known parts of the songs and urged them to sing along.

Eff ects of alignment seen around the world, infl uence 2012 doomsday

Concert features performances by student soloists, ensembles

The Symphony Orchestra performed a Queen medley that included “We Will Rock You,” “We Are the Champions,” “Keep Yourself Alive” and “You’re My Best Friend.” Conductor Franz Anton Krager encour-aged audience members to sing along to the Orchestra’s performance. | Catherine Lara/The Daily Cougar

Photo and recipe by Jorge Porras

MOORES continues on page 9 PLANETS continues on page 9

Ingredients:

3 uncooked Bratwursts

1 Red Bell pepper, sliced

1 Green Bell pepper, sliced

2 Red Fresno Chile, sliced

24oz of preferred beer

1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce

1 tsp sugar

3 white bread hotdog buns

Instructions:Sear off Brats in a shallow sauce pan, and then remove sausages

from the pan.Add onions and sugar to the pan on medium heat until caramelized,

then remove.Heat pan to until it begins to steam, then add peppers and allow

them to char. Return onions to the pan with beer and Worcester-shire.Return Brats to pan and simmer with the lid on for 10-12 minutes.

Remove Brats from the pan and serve in a bun with peppers and

onions.

Additional thoughts:

Red Fresnos have a mild heat, for those looking for more spice, I recommend a Jalapeño or Serrano chile for substitution.

Cook in light beer and eat with dark beer, but never cook and eat with dark beer, it makes the dish too heavy.

If you want to use mustard, I would go with whole grain mustard. With all the bold fl avors in the brat and peppers, whole grain cuts through nicely.

What the planets are really saying

MEETINGSTUDENT PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE

WHEN 4 P.M. TUESDAY, SEPT. 13, 2011

WHERE

CAREER SERVICES CONFERENCE ROOM, STUDENT SERVICE CENTER 1

WHAT

UPDATES AND DISCUSSION ABOUT STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BUSINESS

The SPC meets monthly during the school year to hear updates from the

department’s units, to give a forum for public comment and to elect the

editors in chief of The Daily Cougar and Houstonian yearbook. For more

information, visit www.uh.edu/sp/committee

If you require disability accommodations to attend the meeting, please call (713) 743-5350 to make arrangements.

engineeringcareer fair FALL 2011

thursdaySEPTEMBER 15, 201110a.m.—4p.m.HILTON UNIVERSITY

OF HOUSTON

ProfessionalBusiness Attire and

UH I.D. Required

Platinum Sponsors:BP | Cameron | Chevron

Enterprise ProductsSchlumberger

Sponsored by the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)

and Society of Women Engineers (SWE)Coordinated by

UH Cullen College of Engineering Career Center

Held at SMU’s Plano Campus. Call 214-768-9009

or visit smu.edu/mastercounseling.

Pursue a career that’s about helping others. The Master of Science in Counseling from SMU prepares individuals to become Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Professional

Counselors and School Counselors. Students develop basic therapy skills in the classroom, then apply them with hands-on experience in our state-of-the-art, on-site family counseling clinic. New

terms begin every 10 weeks and offer the flexibility of day, evening or weekend classes.

The SMU Master of Science in Counseling

Southern Methodist University will not discriminate in any employment practice, education program or educational activity on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability or veteran status. SMU’s commitment to equal opportunity includes nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

Turn

this ad

upsid

e dow

n to see the effect you can have on people’s lives.

The Daily Cougar LIFE&ARTS Monday, September 12, 2011 ■ 9

Other notable performers included The Jazz Orchestra, who welcomed the audience as the opening act with “Ya Gotta Try Harder,” a piece written by Sammy Nestico.

The composition of the song is full of swinging throughout, with several openings for piano and bass guitar solos to embrace the ambiance even more and gave off a mellow, yet electrifying vibe and sound.

This was a well-executed

opening to the concert and set the bar for the night.

When the Moores School Steel Band performed “Trinidad Blue Basin” and “Flag Woman”, the members were not wearing a tradi-tional tuxedos and black dress.

Their attire of Hawaiian shirts, short khaki pants and beach apparel mirrored their choice of songs — tunes that emitted a play-ful Caribbean sound.

It was almost as though the audience was given a little taste of what it is like to be on the beaches of the Bahamas or Cancun.

While the members drummed on manette steel pans, their

synchronized dancing and shouts of enthusiasm moved the crowed to the point where they clapped along to the music.

With the screen backdrop showing beach water fl owing endlessly along the screen, this performance easily became a crowd favorite and was arguably the best act of the night.

The Spirit of Houston March-ing Band brought the concert to a close with a performance of “The Stars and Stripes Forever.”

The sound of the fast-paced drum line, the honking tunes of trumpets, tubas and clarinets created an atmosphere that ignited Cougar Pride in the audience members.

If you did not enjoy one perfor-mance, something else was there to chime you right back in.

As Collage was merely a glimpse of what is to come, one has to won-der what other surprises Moores has in store for the University this fall.

[email protected]

MOOREScontinued from page 8

sudden and unforeseen upheav-als. Together, they traditionally allow for extreme upset in the Eager Beaver ideology.

The last time Pluto met Uranus in a major angle, the United States underwent massive race riots, experienced extreme protests against the Vietnam War and the status quo of the old guard gov-ernment struggled in the face of the upheaval; the hippie genera-tion was making its mark.

In the past month, the world has seen a large and immedi-ate popular movement against standards of living in London, as well as the tens of thousands of activists who are still marching on the Israeli government for rapidly inflating food prices and other costs of living.

Old structures of government

that have prevailed through many regimes are crumbling across the globe. The “old guard” in our own country refuses to accept responsibility for how the Earth is responding to modern-day treatment of our resources and sustenance — the president included.

It is always the generation coming-of-age which must cast off the burden of prior genera-tions in their false beliefs, and who create anew the possibility of another human cycle.

Astrologers believe that critical 90-degree angles between these planets leading up to the 2012 day of reckoning are a major cause for the struggles the world community has witnessed in the recent past. They also believe that what we have seen in the last few months is only a small taste of what is yet to come.

[email protected]

PLANETScontinued from page 8

CLASSIFIEDS JOBS, HOUSING, SERVICES + MORE 713-743-5356 [email protected] thedailycougar.com/classifieds

Egg Donors Needed! Compensation $5,000-$7,000. Must be: non-smoker, healthy, BMI within normal ranges, and between 19-30 years old. Visit

www.fertilityresourceshouston.com or call 713 783 7044 for more

information and to fill out a preliminary application.

Fertility Resources of Houston

HELP WANTEDHELP WANTED HELP WANTED HELP WANTED HELP WANTEDBULLETIN BOARD

TRAVEL

PART TIME CAREGIVER NEEDEDFemale needed to assist partially disabled wife during the mornings

and some weekends. Days off to be arranged. Must be able to assist with showering, dressing, driving to store, moving from

wheelchair to seat etc.Galleria area apartment.

Call Brian 713 298 8783

EARN 600$ PER WEEK

With our free leads and training Program, Selling burial Insurance to Seniors.

Call Thompson:

281-438-0622

Egg Donors Needed. Ages 21-32. Earn $5,000+, High demand for Asians.

Surrogate Mothers Needed. Earn $25,000+, Ages 21-39.

(713) 771-9771 www.cooperinstitutearm.com

email : [email protected]

Female driver wanted to drive 15 year old daughter from

Lamar High School to home and activities. For more

information please reply to [email protected]

8.00

We are seeking a full-time or part-time International Assistant Buyer in the 610

Loop & Richmond area, with strong organization, verbal, and written communication skills, and proficiency in Microsoft

Office. The position is good for Supply Chain majors, please

send resumes to [email protected]

breckenridge

WWW.UBSKI.COM 1-800

COLLEGE SKI & BOARD WEEK

Vail Beaver Creek Keystone Arapahoe Basin20 Mountains. 5 Resorts. 1 Price.

plus t/s

FROMONLY

AFTER SCHOOL COUNSELOR 2:30 to 6:00. Working with children 3 to 12 years old. 713-470-5608. Montrose area.

LIVEIN FEMALE HOUSESITTER, over 18, English speaking. Up to $875/month, plus car&Tuition Assit., Memorial Mall area. 713-647-0460.

MONTESSORI SCHOOL in Museum dis-trict. Looking for Subs/Assts. Flex hrs. Excellent for child dev, Education or Psy majors! Call 713-520-0738

*STUDENTPAYOUTS.COM* PAID survey takers needed in Houston. 100 percent FREE to join! Click on Surveys.

CHECK OUT Cougar Classifieds online: thedailycougar.com/classifieds

ROOMMATES

Seeking roommate, single family home, bills paid, cable, semi-furnished, $300 a month! Call 713-446-7475

SELL YOUR STUFF. Buy a Classified ad and reach thousands of potential buyers in the UH community.

WAREHOUSE POSITIONS WE ARE LOOKING FOR PART TIME WAREHOUSE WORKERS FOR THE INTERSTATE BATTERIES LOCATION AT 3014 OLD SPANISH TRAIL, 77054. FLEXIBLE HOURS, MONDAY THRU FRIDAY, 10 MINUTES FROM THE CAMPUS. IF YOU’RE INTERESTED COME BY OR CALL 713-747-9970.

Earn $1000-$3200 a month to drive our brand new cars with ads. www.AdDriveClub.com

DON’T JUST SIT THERE. FInd your next job in The Daily Cougar Classifieds.

THE DAILY COUGAR®

10 ■ Monday, September 12, 2011 NEWS The Daily Cougar

PARKING

Students find few solutions for campus parking situationDeisy EnriquezTHE DAILY COUGAR

It’s no secret that UH parking is a hassle, but with over 1,000 spots unavailable since crews broke ground in lot 15D for the new park-ing garage, students are being forced to extensively plan their routine just to fi nd somewhere to park.

Work on the corner of Holman and Cullen near Robertson Stadium will construct a new parking garage that will provide 2,300 spots to students and visitors to alleviate the

parking headache. In the meantime, students’ best bet is to wake up early and hit the road.

“Fridays are easy for me because I guess people don’t really have too many classes then, but the rest of the week, it takes 45 minutes to an hour just looking for a spot,” said biology freshman May Maung. “I try to be here two hours ahead just in case because I don’t like to be late or rushed, and I feel like if I don’t leave the house early enough, I’m defi nitely going to be late because I was looking for parking.”

Since the fi rst day of the semester, UHDPS has had traffi c control out in parking lots like 16B on the corner of Cullen and Elgin to ease some of the morning congestion as students make their way to campus.

“It’s OK that they’re there for when it gets crowded, but they’re not really telling people when the lot is full,” said media production student Lorely DeLeon. “I notice that sometimes after 9 a.m., they put orange cones (at the entrance) to let you know it’s full, but sometimes they don’t, and I have to drive around

wasting gas looking for a spot when there’s none.”

UHDPS provides students with an interactive parking availability map and a Twitter feed to notify com-muters when certain lots are fi lled to capacity.

“I used to use the app they have, and that really helped,” said kinesiol-ogy sophomore Mark Tiu. “Now I don’t have a way to see it, but I think it would be good if they had some kind of texting service because not everyone has a smartphone.”

According to UH Traffi c’s Twitter

feed, most lots are fi lled to capacity by 10 a.m., sometimes earlier. When this happens, students can either wait around or go to the Energy Research Park lot at 5000 Gulf Free-way. The shuttle, which drops stu-dents off at the University Center, is available between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.

“I think the easiest thing is just to leave early to fi nd parking,” said Tiu. “Even if I’m here too early, I can still go to the library and study for a while before my fi rst class starts.”

[email protected]

culture, it’s priceless and that’s why I titled my book ‘Priceless.’”

Wittman worked undercover while chasing the world’s most profiting criminals.

“The best disguise is to be yourself and not try to be an actor. Another important key is to keep eyes to a minimum,” Wittman said. “When undercover, you only get one shot.”

Another investigative highlight in Wittman’s career was the recov-ery of Native American Apache medicine man Geronimo’s eagle feather war bonnet, which is val-ued at $1.2 million.

[email protected]

ARTcontinued from page 3

HOUSTON

Former UH employee runs in mayoral electionNick RaganTHE DAILY COUGAR

The CEO of Multicultural Action Group and former UH employee Kevin Simms will try to unseat incumbent Annise Parker in his bid for the mayorship this November.

In 2004, Simms was employed at UH as a special projects coordinator, where he worked with corporations to create and improve recruitment and student retention programs. He also worked to improve other aspects of student life by coordinating with companies to bring restaurants and retailers to campus.

From 2005 to 2006, Simms worked in the provost offi ce on pro-grams such as “Achieve the Dream,”

a nationwide program which helps students transition from community college to universities.

From 2007 to 2011, he was the night temp supervisor with the recreation center at UH as well as the CEO for MAG.

“UH is my heart. It’s been good to me,” Simms said. “You’ve got a lot of bright students there who go on to do great things.”

Simms says he has taken a step back from his position at MAG, which helps small businesses obtain contracts, to avoid any confl ict of interest during the election.

Simms said he made the decision to run for mayor while working at MAG. His position requires work-ing closely with city offi cials but he

found himself running into what he described as “stone walls.” He says he felt he was always getting the runaround and found that some companies given contracts by the city only existed on paper.

“I found a lot of corruption with this city and with this mayor,” said Simms.

“City council members, except a few of them and the mayor, are insane.”

Simms says members of Parker’s administration were giving each other contracts and refused to meet with him or provide an explanation.

Simms claims the current admin-istration has hasn’t made education a priority, something he wants to change.

Simms said if he’s elected, he’ll reverse the drainage fee policy UH has to pay regularly and will establish programs that will see paid intern-ship opportunities for students at city government agencies.

Simms says he has a good rela-tionship with the federal government that would help him establish a fund that would help fi nancially struggling students pay tuition.

“An A student shouldn’t have to cover everything fi nancially if some-thing bad happens,” Simms said.

Anyone who wants to get in touch with Simms can contact him directly at 713-703-8525 or visit www.drkev-insimms.org.

[email protected]

GET SOME DAILY& TWEET SOME DAILY

In print. Online. On the go.In print. Online. On the go.

Got twitter? Tell us

you’re reading, snap

the QR code to tweet

@thedailycougar!

The Daily Cougar COMICS & MORE Monday, September 12, 2011 ■ 11

CROSSWORDCOMICS

SUDOKUHow to play Each row must contain the numbers 1 to 9; each column must contain the numbers 1 to 9; and each set of 3-by-3 boxes must also contain the numbers 1 to 9.

Must Be Something in the Water by Brandon Alexander

The Fishbowl by Thomas Hernandez

ACROSS 1 Diamond defect 5 Takes the trophy 9 Pack away 13 Morose 14 Diameter halves 15 Shredded 16 Castaway’s

refuge 17 Not on all fours 18 Iowa city 19 Fragrant trees 21 Jet -- 22 Furtive sound 23 Saturday

morning fare 25 Bona fi de 27 Frozen-pond

vents (2 wds.) 31 Abashed 35 Manitoba tribe 36 Competes for 38 The fabulous

Garbo 39 Soda-can opener 40 First name in

glue 42 It may be slung 43 Debussy piece 46 -- qua non 47 Quite positive 48 Uncouple 50 Brief stays 52 Tusked animal 54 Pull apart 55 Door post 58 Convened 60 Kind of dust 64 Classical face 65 Braid 67 Villain in

Shakespeare 68 Whitewash

component 69 Brings home the

bacon 70 007’s alma mater 71 Romanov title 72 Clancy’s Jack 73 Not easily found

DOWN 1 S&L protector 2 Elude 3 -- lang syne 4 Envelop 5 1914 headline 6 Time to beware

7 More upscale 8 Teen occupation 9 Offi ce gadget 10 Some turkeys 11 Mine yields 12 Frontier, once 14 Determination 20 Aussie jumper 24 Sedaka and

Diamond 26 31-day mo. 27 Did something 28 Burned up 29 Answer a charge 30 Big rigs 32 Long bone 33 180-degree

maneuver (hyph.)

34 Puts cargo aboard

37 Mexican gent 41 Turns down 44 Hungry duck 45 Kind of system

47 More foamy 49 Picnic basket 51 She loved

Lennon 53 Leg of a race 55 Earthquake 56 Hertz rival 57 Toddler’s cry 59 Rhett’s hangout 61 First name in

spydom 62 Frankenstein’s

gofer 63 Ice-cream holder 66 Hostel

© 2010 UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE INC.

Previous puzzle solved

Previous puzzle solved

The

Urban Experience Program Proudly presents…

Mayor Annise Parker Special Guest Speaker

Mentoring Series Forum #1

T IM E : 6 P.M -8 P.M

WHEN : Tuesday, September 13 th, 2011

WHERE : World Affa irs Lounge

Our specia l guest comes only if you RSVP Please RSVP 713.743.6032

RSVP determines seating

Remarks by University of Houston, Student Government Association, President Michael Harding

Quest ion and Answer Forum open to UH & The Houston Community

Expert guests will speak on Loan Forgiveness, GreenJobs and How to Maximize Your Life as a Student

Food, Refreshments, SocializingHosted by:

The Urban Experience Program & Cougars on Campus

[email protected]

12 ■ Monday, September 12, 2011 ADVERTISING The Daily Cougar